Avalanche forecast: Here’s a link to the Chamonix avalanche forecast produced by Meteo France. It’s in French but has some good graphics to get the message across. This avalanche forecast is also posted around the Chamonix valley at all of the main lift stations. A great tip: Look at the avalanche risk on the danger scale and see how it links up to the specific hazards. Example. (very simplified) Avalanche danger … Read More

Autumn training has been lots of fun if a bit on the cold side, just as we got down to Cornwall the air temp seemed to start slowly dropping. The water temp is still really warm, so i’ve been out on my surf board as much as possible. Its great cross training for skiing although probably working the shoulders more than the legs, it does strengthen the back and core which is equally as important… Read More

I’ve added a couple of new features to our ‘PLAY’ page. Two ski review’s, one on the K2 Coomback and one on the Hardside. I have a couple more reviews on the way from Dalbello in the next few days, on the Virus touring boot and the Krypton Pro. Read More

Just in case you couldn’t make it to the ski show this year I thought I’d post an image of our lovely Tinderbox Ski School stand. Profeet used a couple of ski images of Chris for their stand display this year, here’s a couple of images showing photo’s taken of Chris out in Chamonix last spring.